www­.lbpost.com
- The renaming process of the Blue Line’s Transit Mall Station is one step closer after a regular meeting of the Los Angeles County MTA Gateway Cities Service Council yesterday where members agreed t...

thesource­.metro.net
- The Gold Line celebrates its 10th anniversary on Friday. Putting aside the issue of where the last decade went, I wanted to offer a few thoughts on a transit line I’ve been riding (literally) since...

www­.progressiverailroading.com
- By Julie Sneider, Assistant Editor The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has taken its sustainability planning to a new level with a recently adopted policy that cal...

thesource­.metro.net
- We had news yesterday of progress on bridges for the Gold Line Foothill Extension. And today comes this news release from the Expo Line Construction Authority: EXPO PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES O...

la­.streetsblog.org
- Late last year, the City of Los Angeles celebrated the installation of its first Continental Crosswalks in Downtown Los Angeles. These striped crosswalks are more visible than traditional crosswalk...

la­.curbed.com
- After veering west for the last two CicLAvias, the bike and pedestrian festival is going back to its roots. In honor of the third anniversary of CicLAvia, which closes off streets to vehicular traf...

www­.foothilltransit.org
- Beginning Monday, July 29 through Monday, August 19 the westbound Line 195 bus stop on Rio Rancho Road and Auto Center Drive will be temporarily closed due to sidewalk construction. Customers may f...

thesource­.metro.net
- From Caltrans: a list of the on/off ramps that are closed through this Friday. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close the following lanes and ramps of the Golden State Fr...

thesource­.metro.net
- The I-405 project is set to do some major ramp construction work at Sunset and the I-405 that will require the closure of Sunset off-ramp for 120 days. See news release below. Northbound I-405 Off...

thesource­.metro.net
- Division 13 is on its way to being halfway complete, but there’s still plenty of construction left. Starting this Friday, a segment of Cesar Chavez will be closed on weekend nights for the installa...

www­.laobserved.com
- Just when you thought the endless 405 freeway upgrade project was becoming manageable and some of the quote unquote upgrades were opening for use, the freeway gods play a little joke. Metro announc...

www­.nbclosangeles.com
- Commuters will have to endure a four-month closure of a vital 405 Freeway off-ramp while crews continue work on the Sepulveda Pass Improvement project. Starting Aug. 3, the Sunset Boulevard off-ram...

www­.theatlanticcities.com
- Hanging out on social media is beginning to replace hanging out in shopping malls for many American teenagers, long a major sector of the customer base for enclosed malls and big-box stores. In add...

www­.nationaljournal.com
- The number of miles drivers log on the road has declined over the last decade and continues to drop. Additional highway lanes in cities nationwide have failed to fix congestion problems. Evidence i...

www­.masstransitmag.com
- With congestion on America’s highways increasing fast, many cities and counties are looking very seriously at the mass transit improvements to provide relief. Although successful, many of the proje...

thesource­.metro.net
- The American Public Transportation Association will be awarding Metro’s efforts in sustainability on July 29. Metro is the first public transportation agency in North America to receive Platinum le...

blog­.tstc.org
- Both houses of Congress have started moving on a Fiscal Year 2014 budget bill which funds transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The choice is clear. The Senate’s versi...

thehill­.com
- The White House on Tuesday said President Obama "strongly supports" a $54 billion budget for the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development under consideration by the Senate. T...

thehill­.com
- Lawmakers on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee debated on Tuesday the possibility of increasing the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax for the first time since 1993. The disc...

citywatchla­.com
- LA TOMORROW - It’s time for a truce in the battle between LA’s bicyclists and automobile drivers, said a panel of transportation thinkers at a Zócalo Public Square/Grand Park event. Instead, it’s t...

cmt-stl­.org
- More and more we are hearing that public transit agency need to mirror private sector industries in their practices. The latest article, ”Public Transit 101: read a ‘how to start a business book,...

www­.dailynews.com
- Los Angeles Unified on Tuesday unveiled its final public arts project under a recent campaign -- a bold graphic by contemporary artist Shepard Fairey that will be displayed on bus wraps and hundred...

saferoutescalifornia­.org
- We are excited to share our 3+ minute video on walking, bicycling and riding transit in Los Angeles County. This video was developed as a tool for our transportation policy work in LA County. We gr...

www­.dailynews.com
- Mayor Eric Garcetti named former Councilwoman Jan Perry as interim general manager of the Economic Development Department on Tuesday, one of a number of new key appointments announced by his office...

thesource­.metro.net
- Metro CEO Art Leahy today testified in Washington D.C. in front of the U.S. Senate’s Environment & Public Works Committee; his testimony is above. The topic was an important one for the agency: the...

lacmtalibrary­.tumblr.com
- The Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the largest transit operator research collection in the US. We are part...

la­.curbed.com
- LAUSD has revealed the last of three Metro buses designed by famous artists (see Barbara Kruger here and John Baldessari here)--here's Shepard Fairey's contribution to the Arts Matter campaign, whi...

la­.streetsblog.org
- The Los Angeles City Council is finally moving into the 21st Century. At today’s City Council Transportation Committee, Mike Bonin will accept testimony from speakers through video chat. “People sh...

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